BUILD YOUR BRAND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA

Will King founder of King of Shaves views about building brand awareness through social media.

1. All we need to do is overcome lack of awareness of the brand so that when people are given a choice of product, they will buy us rather than thinking only popular brand.

2. He snap up the domain name shave.com for a bargain $35 in 1995 he has used a whole variety of tactics online to drive awareness, including several successful Viral Videos such as attached here.

Rest of Startegies at Business Strategist

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Who is this Die Hard Entrepreneur that Made US$340mil by 25?

Extracted From : Business Strategist

From the photo you may taught this person as Bollywood movie actor. He is an actor of his own destiny. He founded his first business at age of 16 and by 25 he sold two of his business for a total of US$340million.

His parent moved to USA from India when he was 4 , the new environment poses challenging situation at school. However he accepted it "I am different and I am willing to accept that. Because of that, it matured me in a way that I used the negative voice in the form of energy to find out what my true passion was, what my true strengths were. I really figured life at an early age”.

At the age of 16, he dropped out of school to pursue what he was passionate about.

At 21, he founded another company, BlueLithium. Three years later, the company was bought over by Yahoo! in cash for US$ 300 million

His achievements reached even in the White House and he had the opportunity to meet, Barack Obama, the President of The United States of America. He started another company, RadiumOne, an online ad company that operates in the domain of real-time advertising. The company today is valued at US$ 500 million.

When asked what is his success mantra? His reply was

“My advice to everybody is that you have to be passionate about what you do first and let the money come later,”

Try to google out who is this Die Hard Entrepreneur. 

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COME VISIT KLANG YIWU INTERNATIONAL EXPO

The inaugural KLANG YIWU FRIENDSHIP CITIES INTERNATIONAL COMMODITIES EXPO (KYICE) is the first cooperative effort since Klang and Yiwu became friendship cities. The organizer (KCCCI) hopes that this exhibition can spur the growth of greater cooperations between businesses from both sides and to help explore investment and business opportunities.

OBJECTIVES

The inaugural Klang Yiwu Friendship Cities International Commodities Expo is the first ever trade expo that ties together two friendship cities and it aims to become the fastest growing and biggest trade exhibition of its kind. The organizers hopes to bring together businesses from all walks including dealers, contractors, foreign trade companies, overseas buyers, and more in order to build a efficient platform for the growth in domestic and international trade, and the formation of strong partnerships. This platform will be the link between China and Malaysia businesses to the rest of the world.

OVERVIEW

Yiwu is internationally renowned for its small commodity market and attracts tens of thousands of buyers each year to the city for procurement. Klang is the most important port in Malaysia and one of the key regional shipping hubs. The union between Klang and Yiwu opens up many doors and help both cities take huge steps into the massive international market. We welcome businesses from Yiwu and China to join us and allow us to bring to you this golden business opportunity. Let us work together to tap into this massive Southern Asia market of some 2.2 billion people, let us also work towards moving into the massive emerging markets of Southeast Asia, the 1 billion people market of India and the emerging halal markets of Middle East.

WHY CHOOSE KYICE

• ·         Support the follow-up activities and consolidate the friendship cities relationship between Yiwu and Klang.
• ·         To make this inaugural expo a success and become one of the mainstay events for the region. 
• ·         The expo comes at the right time where many businesses are poised to expand globally with many activities lined up to promote the event.
• ·         Invite targeted exhibitors and associations. Invite transnational corporations, international buyers and chain businesses to come and make purchases.
• ·         Showcase a large variety of products.

TARGETED EXHIBITORS

Invite 200 manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, chain businesses and service industry companies from Yiwu China and Klang Malaysia to participate as exhibitors.

COVER AREA OF THE EXPO

The Klang Yiwu Friendship Cities International Commodities Expo (KYICE) will cover an area of 4,000 sq meters, with 200 booths. It is expected to attract more than 30,000 visitors.

EXPO HIGHLIGHTS

Ø  Themed areas

To ease navigation through the huge expo grounds, exhibitors will be grouped according to themes such as domestic products, China Yiwu Pavilion, International Pavilion, etc.

Ø  Activities Highlights

Investment, banking, finance, Fengshui, and marketing seminars and summits.

Ø  Themed forum: business and trade talk

With focus on attractive investments and building trade relationship. More than a hundred expert business matchings to be carried out.

Ø  Themed Interaction: Culture interaction

Cultural performance showcasing Malaysia's rich culture will be held during the opening and closing ceremonies, and the event dinner.

EXHIBITION SCOPE

Cultural office supplies, sports and leisure goods, toys and children's products, clothing and fashion accessories, machinery and equipment, industrial raw materials, arts and crafts, daily necessities, jewellery and jewellery accessories, makeup removal, leather bags, hardware, electronics, etc.

SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS

These key tools for value-added publicity and promotion are included in the participation package:

• ·         Show directory - publish exhibitors info and exhibit products, distribute to the visitors.
• ·         KYICE website links - Buyer can search for more exhibitors' info in KYICE website.
• ·         KYICE/KCCCI e-letter - E-letter preview to showcase exhibitors' products.
• ·         Exhibitors seminars and presentation - Provide effective onsite tool to introduce and market your product. Equipments for use include projector, screen, and sound system.
• ·         Visitor promotion - Organizer will provide exhibitors with the invitation cards (e-version) to assist exhibitors in promoting your participation.
• ·         Pre-arrange business matching sessions - to meet international buyers and pursue new market leads.

for more details visit Expo Website at : http://www.klangyiwu.org/en/

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No , I don't Want CASH US$3 Billion says Young CEO

Until recently, it would have been a safe bet that no 23-year-old in the world had ever turned up his nose at $3 billion. But that's exactly what Evan Spiegel, the co-founder and chief executive of messaging service Snapchat, did when Facebook offered to buy his company.

Citing unnamed sources familiar with the offer, The Wall Street Journal reports Facebook offered Snapchat an all-cash deal of $3 billion or more. At the time of its last funding round, in June, Snapchat was valued at only $800 million. (It raised $60 million in June of a total $73 million to date.)

The deal would have marked Facebook's most expensive acquisition, outstripping even its $1 billion purchase of Instagram in 2012.

Snapchat has been enjoying explosive growth as the app of the moment for teens, tweens and twentysomethings who act like teens. In September, Spiegel announced that his service transmitted 350 million snaps a day, up 75 percent from the time of its $60 million Series B round. Snapchat allows users to send photo and video messages to each other that disappear after several seconds. The ephemeral nature of Snapchats make them a popular medium for sexually suggestive photos, not to mention silly stuff that you don't want preserved forever on a Facebook Timeline.

Read further at : Entrepreneur.com

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Looking for ways to secure a loan or increase the value of your company?

Ever thought of doing a brand valuation?

Why not join us for an insightful and stimulating roundtable on brand valuation this 30th November?

With a special guest speaker from Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd, you’ll learn more about IP valuation, find out how to apply for funds under the IP financing scheme, and discover how knowing what you have and what your business is worth can help you secure loans and boost your bottom line!

When                :           9.30 am - 12 noon, 30th November 2013

Where               :           KASS Training Centre, Menara Mutiara Bangsar, Jalan Liku, Off Jalan Riong, Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur

How Much        :           Only RM30!

Limited seats available. Call Vijay at 03-22847872 or email kass@kass.com.my to book your seats!

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TALK - Banking on ASEAN: Leveraging the Growth Potential of Southeast Asia

Want to know what it takes to become the largest investment bank in ASEAN? We turn our eyes on CIMB as we talk to their Group Managing Director, Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak at the fourth Global Malaysia Series.  With less than two weeks to go, be sure to mark your calendars for:

Banking on ASEAN: Leveraging the Growth Potential of Southeast Asia
Date: 29 October, 2103
Time: 9 am-11am
Venue: Securities Commission, Kuala Lumpur
Participation: Pre-registration is required. There is NO REGISTRATION FEE but seats are limited. Click HERE to register now!

As the head of one of the world’s largest Islamic banks, he has been instrumential in CIMB’s success so far. A visionary and a transformational leader, we take a closer look at CIMB and Dato' Sri Nazir’s journey thus far. Moderated by BFM’s Managing Director Malek Ali, the session will also feature PEMANDU's CEO, Dato' Sri Idris Jala as they speak about:

• Working with international partners and managing business, culture and regulations across borders
• The impact of the ASEAN Economic Community 2015 and how it affects businesses
• Attracting, grooming and retaining the best and brightest talent Malaysia has to offer
• Future plans on further expansion and the role Government plays in encouraging international expansion

Registration is open to all industry and businesses leaders. There is NO REGISTRATION FEEand is by invitation only. Click HERE to register now!

More information is available at www.bfm.my/globalmalaysiaseries and for further enquiries, please contact Shaun at 03-2035 5900 ext 3217 or shaun@bfm.my.

Best Regards,

Wayn Shaun
Global Malaysia Series
Organising Committee

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Malaysian Brand Forum 2013

Malaysian Brand Forum 2013

Date : 24 October 2013

Venue :  Royale Chulan, KL

Malaysian Brand Forum 2013 is scheduled to be held on 24 October 2013 at Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.  The objective of this Forum is to promote the National Mark of Malaysian Brand as a symbol of excellence, quality and distinction of Malaysian products and services as well as to promote the recipients and to encourage the public to buy products or hire services which are certified with the National Mark of Malaysian Brand. 

The Event comprises:

• 2-hour forum with prominent speaker(s);
• Trophy and Certificate presentation to the National Mark of Malaysian Brand recipients;
• Press Conference with Media; and
• Networking Session between the National Mark of Malaysian Brand Recipients and Media.

During the event, DYMM Raja Muda Perak, Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah Ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah is invited as the Guest-of-Honour,  deliver the Keynote Speech for the Event, and present the Certificate and Trophy of the National Mark of Malaysian Brand recipients. A total of 300 participants are expected to attend the event and a total of twenty (22) companies from various sectors are expected to receive the National Mark of Malaysian Brand trophy and certificate this year.

Speaker(s):

1. Y.Bhg. Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid (Lat) - Malaysian Cartoonist
2. Mr. Michele Ferrario - Managing Director of Zalora South East Asia

Moderator:

Ms. Wan Zaleha Wan Ahmad Radzi

 For further information, please contact : Ms Nor Azian Yusof at 03-27756174 (azian@smecorp.gov.my) or Mr. Ahmad Faiz Nazarudin at 03-2775 6234 (ahmadfaiz@smecorp.gov.my)

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